Quinhagak Airport
| Quinhagak Airport Kwinhagak Airport |
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|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: KWN – ICAO: PAQH – FAA LID: AQH | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Native Village of Kwinhagak | ||
| Serves | Quinhagak, Alaska | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 42 ft / 13 m | ||
| Coordinates | 59°45′18″N 161°50′43″W / 59.755°N 161.84528°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 12/30 | 4,000 | 1,219 | Gravel |
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Quinhagak Airport (IATA: KWN, ICAO: PAQH, FAA LID: AQH), is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the central business district of Quinhagak[1] (also spelled Kwinhagak), a city in the Bethel Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is also known as Kwinhagak Airport.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned AQH by the FAA[1] and KWN by the IATA.[2] The airport's ICAO identifier is PAQH.[3]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Quinhagak Airport covers an area of 123 acres (50 ha) at an elevation of 42 feet (13 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 12/30 with a gravel surface measuring 4,000 by 75 feet (1,219 x 23 m).[1] The runway was expanded from its former size of 2,600 by 60 feet (792 × 18 m).[4]
[edit] Airlines
- Era Alaska
- Yute Air (Bethel, Eek)
[edit] Top Destinations
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carriers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bethel, AK |
4,000 | Yute, Grant, Hageland |
| 2 | Eek, AK |
1,000 | Grant, Hageland |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for AQH (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-07-02.
- ^ "KWN / PAQH - Quinhagak, Alaska". Great Circle Mapper. http://gc.kls2.com/airport/KWN. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Alaskan ICAO Identifiers". Federal Aviation Administration. http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/LID/L_G2.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
- ^ "Diagram of Quinhagak Airport" (GIF). Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Region. 2004-06-10. http://wayback.archive.org/web/http://www.alaska.faa.gov/fai/images/ARPT_DIAGRAMS/AQH.gif.
- ^ http://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?pn=1&Airport=KWN&Airport_Name=Quinhagak,%20AK:%20Kwinhagak&carrier=FACTS
[edit] External links
- Resources for this airport:
- Airport information for PAQH at AirNav
- Accident history for KWN at Aviation Safety Network
- Aeronautical chart for AQH at SkyVector
